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M. G. GRUNDMANN ARTICLE HOLDER Originai Filed June 29 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 M. G. GRUNDMANN ARTICLE HOLDER Aug. 10 1926.

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UNITED MICHAEL G. GRUNDMANN, OFEAB-IBA'ULT, MINNESOTA; I f

Continuation 6: application Serial No. 40,

This invention appertains to the such as pens,.penc1ls for holding articles,

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means and the like in the-pocket againstlossfand is a continuation No. 240,461, filed The primary object vention is to provide of my application Serial June'29 1925;

of the present innovel means for anchoring the terminals of the elastic retaining band in whereby the said. bands place on the pocket plate, can be readily placed in position at a small cost and positively held against accidental displacement. Another object of the invention is the provision of novel pads carried by the ocket plate for preventing of the articles held in contact .with the said means also forming a the contacting the pocket against pocket platesaid friction face for engaging the articles being held to prevent the accidental displacement thereof;

the invention AL further object of provision of novel means carried by the body plate to prevent ocket. I

A still further object to provide novel means pocket engaging means with the bodyplate,

"for engagingthe loss of the body plate from the pocket; so as of the invention is for associating the whereby said means'will be positively held against movement.

A further object of generally simplify article:

type shown in andfor effecting a more facile way.-

With' these and other invention consists in arrangement and formation ofparts as more specifically described,

be hereinafter the invention is to holders of the the ment1oned application the purpose intended in objects'in the the novel construction, I K I 11 further modified form of means for engag claimed, and illustrated in'the accompanying drawings in which drawings: 1

Figured isaeplan viewof the article holder illustratingthe,novel means employed forretaining the ela'st'o holding band in place on of the device,

the body or pocket plate, Figure 2 1s a fragmentary, rear elevation lllustrating the mproved means of connecting the -elastic band in place,

7 Figure.

' spective view of one en 3 is adetail fragmentary perd of the body plate 461, filed. June 29,1925. Serial No. 52,694.

the band,

plate showing a modified form is the This application filed August 1925.

showing the bent back tongue for receiving one terminal of the elastic handy Y Q Figure 4 isv a detail horizontal section taken onthe line 4'4 of Figure 2 showing thebandiclamped in" place, 7 4' "Figure-5 is a I fragmentary perspective the body plate I illustrate detail perspective View r ing the'nlodified form of tongue for engagthe band, plan view of the, body novel means carrie ing oneiterminal of Figure 11 is a'top plate illustrating the thereby for engaging articles to be held the pockets I V Figure 12 is a fragmentary' rear elevation of the .body plate showing the means] for engaging one of the articles to be held,

Figure 13 is a vertical section through the body plate of said means taken on the line 13 13 ofFigureilQQ 'Fig'ure leis afvert'i cal section taken'on" the same line as Figure 13 illustrating a modified form of means. for engaging one offthe articles to be-held, v i Figure 15 is a" similar view illustrating a mg one of the articles to be held',

ther modified form of the article holder showing the" novel means. carried thereby e ge n Figure 19 is. a horizontal section through .s Figure 16 is atop plan vlew of'the body the 'pocketof the wearer, H p A V the same taken on the line 1919 of Figure 18 illustrating a modified form of means for holding the articles being held against displacement,

Figure 20 is a vertical section taken on the line 20-20 of Figure 18 looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 21 is a rear elevation of the modified form of article holder,

Figure 22 is a detail perspective View of one end of the article holder,

Figure 23 is a horizontal section illustrating a modified form of means for holding the articles in place on the body plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 20 indicatesthe pocket-or body plate, which is of substantially the same construction as my pending application heretobefore referred to. This plate is made from sheetmetal or the like and is of arcuate configuration when viewed in plan and is corrugated or other-wise formed to provide a plurality of spaced vertically extending pockets or cells 21. These pockets or cells 21 can be of varying sizes to receive different sizes of pencils, pens, and the like. Thearticles placed in the said pockets or cells 21 are held against displacement therein by the use of a suitable elastic hand, strap or the like 22 and Figures 1 to 4 inclusive illustrate the novel means of holding the band in position. This band extends transversely across the outer face of the plate .as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. The side edges of the plate 20 are provided with laterally extending lugs or tongues 23 which are bent back over the rear face of the plate. In accordance with this invention, the terminals of the elastic band or strap 22 are brought around back? over the said lugs or tongues 23 and the extreme ends of the band are placed between the terminals of the lugs or tongues 23 and the rear face of the said plate after which the lugs or tongues 23 are bent back so as to efiectively clamp the terminals of the band. It is obvious from this construction that the front face of the plate is left entirely free from any obstructions and that .an efficient means has been provided for holding the band 22 inplace.

In Figures 6 to 8 inclusive I have shown a modified form of holding the band 22 in place. Inthis form of the invention tongues or lugs 25 are struck from the side edges of the plate 20 which defines notches 26 which are adapted to receive the terminals of the band. The upper and lower walls of the notches 26 prevent movement of the 'band over the face of the plate as is obvious from an inspection of the drawing. These lugs or tongues 25 are bent back over the rear face of the plate and the terminals of the elastic band are brought over the said tongues or lugs 25 and the extreme ends thereof are placed between the lugs or tongues and the rear face of the plate. After which the tongues are bent back so as to firmly clamp the band or strap in place. i

In some instances, it might be preferable to provide means for spacing the articles being held from the walls of the pockets or cells 21 and form means for frictionally engaging the articles being held throughout the entire height of the body plate 20 and to accomplish this purpose I provide an end less band 30 which is preferably formed from rubber and the bands 30 are of substantially the same Width as the cells or pockets 21. As shown in Figure 13 of the drawings I have provided an endless band 31 which extends vertically around the body plate so as to engage the rear wall ofthe pocket or cell and the portion of the endless band which engages the pocket :or cell is ap preciably thickened as indicated by the reference character 32 for forming means for engaging the article being held and the thickened portion 32 forms a seat similar to a cushioning pad. I

In Figure 15 of the drawings the opposite runs 33 and 34 of the band are of the same thickness In Figure 141 I purposely provide the'inner face of one run 35 with a plurality of transversely extending lugs or tits 36 which engage the inner face of the pockets or cells. This also provides an efficient cushioning means.

In Figure 17 I have shown a form of band indicated by the reference character 40: which is similar to the band 31 in that one run 41 thereof is increased in thickness. However in this instance the run 41 is placed on the opposite side of' the pocket from that shown in Figure 13.

From the foregoing description, itcan be seen that I have provided a novel means for holding the elastic retaining band for the. articles in place and novel means for frictionally engaging the articles-being held throughout the entire height of the body p ate. I a

p In Figures 18 to 23 inclusive I have shown a still further modified form of the invention. In this form I provide a body plate50 which can be of a less height than the body plates shown in the scribed. The body plate 50 is also .corru gated to provide a plurality of vertically extending cells 51 of various sizes anda fiat relatively wide cell 52 for ruler or the like. 7

The side edge of the body plate'50 is "provided at a point intermediate its ends, with a pair of spaced parallel inwardlyextending slots 58 which define upper and lower tongues 54 and 55 and an intermediateforms previously .de- 1 the reception of a 1 tongue 56; In order to hold the articles in the'various cells an elastic band 57' is provided and this band extends across the front face of the plate the terminals of the elastic band are brought rearwardly tongues 56 after which the tonguesare bent back into grippingv engagement with the rear face ofthe plate foreffectively holding the band in place. The tongues 54 and 55 can also be bent in engagement with the rear face of the plate in order to eliminate all sharp edges and the like. The tongues 56 are bent back a'greater distance than the tongues 54 and 55 which define stop shoulders 58 for preventing sliding movement and displacement of the band 57. If desired an endless band 59 can be employed in lieu of the band 57 and in this form the band extends entirely about the plate and is confined by the shoulders 58.

In this form of the invention I also provide means for positively holding the plate 50 in place and this means embodies novel spring clips 60 which are adapted to be sprung over the goods forming the pocket. Each of the clips 60 embody shanks 61 which are held in place by the upper tongues 54: which are clamped about the same; The extreme lower ends of the shanks 61 are provided with angularly extending feet 62 which are disposed in the slots 53 between the tongues 54 and 56. This prevents movement of the clips up or down within the tongues 54:.

Suitable elastic friction passed about the plate 50 transversely thereof so as to provide friction means for engaging the pocket as well as the articles being held. If, it is found that the articles are too small to fit snugly within the pockets, suitable reducing means can be employed, such as strips of cardboard or the like for taking up the remainder of the space.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, buti What I claim as new is;

1. A pocket article holder comp-rising a single body plate corrugated to provide a plurality of spaced vertical cells for receiving the articles, an elastic band extending across the plate having the terminals there of brought back over the sides of the plate, and rearwardly bent tongues for engaging the terminals of the band for clamping the same between the rear wallof the plate and said tongues.

2. A pocket holder comprising a single body plate corrugated to provide a plurality of spaced vertical cells for receiving the articles to be held, an elastic band extending across the plate and having its terminals brought around the side edges of the plate face thereof, laterally extendover the rear lng retaining tongues formed on the. side over the 'i-ng the articles bands 68 can be 'edges of the plate for receivingsaid terminals of the band ,"the tongues formingmeans for clamping the terminals "of the band 'therebetween in the rear face of the plate.

3."A"poeket' article holder comprising a single body plate corrugated to privide a plurality of spaced vertical cells for receivto' be held, tongues struck out from the side edges of the body plate bent back upon the rear face thereof, the struck out tongues defining notches in the side edges of the body plate, an elastic band extending across the plate having its terminals brought through the notches and over the bent back tongues, the tongues forming means for clamping the extreme ends of the bands therebetween in the rear face of the plate.

i. A pocket article holder comprising a single body plate corrugated to provide a plurality of spaced vertically extending cells and endless elastic bands extending vertically about the plates having a portion thereof arranged in said cells.

5. A pocket article holder comprising a single body portion corrugated to provide a pair of spaced vertically extending cells, upper, lower and. intermediate tongues formed back in engagement with the rear face of the plate, the intermediate tongues bent back a greater distance than the upper and lower tongues to define stop shoulders, a retaining band extending longitudinally across the plate held against sliding movement by said shoulders, and pocket engaging clips extending above the plate and held in place by the uppermost tongues.

6. A pocket article holder comprising a single body plate corrugated to provide a plurality of spaced vertically extending cells for receiving the articles, an elastic band extending across the plate having the terminals thereof broughtback over the sides of the plate, rearwardly bent tongues for engaging the terminals of the band for clamping the same between the rear face of the plate and said tongues, similar upper and lower tongues formed on the plate'bent in rear of the plate, pocket engaging clamps confined in place by the uppermost tongues, and angularly extending feet formed on the lower ends of the clamps arranged between and confined in place by the upper tongues and the band engaging tongues.

7 A pocket article holder comprising a single body plate corrugated to provide a plurality of spaced vertical cells, for receiving the articles to be held, the side edges of back rearwardly in engagement with the rear face of the plate, the upper and lower on the side edges of the plate bent tongues beingbent back inengagement with plate, and angularly extending feet formed the rear face of the plate a less-distance than on the ,lower terminals of the shanks 10 intermediate the tongues defining stop shoularranged in the uppermost slot of the pair ders, a retaining band for the articles in of slots between the upper tongues and said the cells confined between said shoulders, intermediate tongues. pooketj engaging elamps each including In testimony whereof I afix my signature. an elongated shank eon-fined in place between the uppermost tongue and the MICHAEL G. GRUNDhlANN. 

